Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Cimolodontidae > Cimolodon

Cimolodon

Synonyms: Nanomyops; Nanomys

Wikipedia Abstract

Cimolodon is a genus of mammal from the Upper Cretaceous of North America. It was a member of the extinct order of Multituberculata within the suborder Cimolodonta and possibly the family Cimolodontidae. "Cimolodon seems to be more closely related to the Paracimexomys group than are other ptilodontoideans," (Kielan-Jaworowska & Hurum, 2001, p. 404). Odd as it may sound, the placement of this genus within Cimolodontidae is tentative. Its tooth enamel is gigantoprismatic, while its possible relatives favor a microprismatic style (p. 418 ibid.).
View Wikipedia Record: Cimolodon

Species

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0